Marissa - this is awesome news! (very cool screen name, by the way).
Please give your 'dad' a big hug from mehe sounds like my dad -- only
the most perfect man on the planet...
Having a vet you can trust is worth so much. I'm so very lucky that even
though my vet was trained 'Old School' -- he still is willing to hang in
there with me and he is open to new ideas. When I told him about the
Acemannan - a new drug - he did his own research too and had access to
information that I couldn't possibly access. We may be a small community -
but I would recommend him to anyone in this area (North Alabama --
Athens/Madison/Huntsville). He has a vet tech that I totally admire too who
is v e r y blunt and direct. She'll tell you like it is and won't sugar
coat anything. In my mind -- that is what I need when I am dealing with a
difficult situation. I want the facts - and the truth. I may not always
agree with her - but I can always understand where she is coming from and
she has a lot of valuable experience. I trust her like I would someone in
my own family. If my vet wasn't there -- I would go to her with any problem
I had -- I don't think there is any situation that she couldn't handle.
Trust is not something I easily give away.
All of this digression only to say -- Marissa - I'm glad you are here and
that you are one of us. I hope things go well with your new vet and I hope
you'll keep us posted.
elizabeth
On 3/21/07, Marissa Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all! First of all, I need to say again how absolutely AMAZING this
list is Thank you so much for being here and for all your support and
advice. And special thanks to Barb for IMing me (if anyone else feels like
chatting, I'm on yahoo at disablednproud77 and on aim at disablednproud)!!!
:)
I made a ton of calls this morning and have made a bit of progress in
finding a new vet. Thanks so much to all of you who recommended people and
sent links! I'm still waiting for some vets to call me back, but I found
one very near my house (can even get there on the metro which is good since
I don't have a car) who said she'd look at the articles I have (I faxed them
to her) and that she'd be willing to try things as long as I am aware it may
not work (well duh!!). Her prices are also REALLY reasonable, so that helps
a lot!
I also spoke with the vet I had taken him to at Banfield. He said that he
didn't think there was anything that would help, but if I faxed him my
research info, he'd take a look and if it looked good he'd make sure I got
whatever scrips I needed for things I wanted to try. That's good news
because I'm still on their wellness plan, so if we do IR or something, I can
go there for the treatments and not have to pay for the office visit! :)
Dad said to call him from the vet and he'll give them his credit card
number...I'll start paying him back when I get paid next week. Whew! God
is good. Still no idea what will work, but I'm glad to be making
progress!!!
Thanks for all the suggestions and help everyone!!! Hugs!
Marissa
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